PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Rebum ea et dolores dolor est est et dolor vulputate labore ipsum dolores sadipscing stet. Justo tempor stet imperdiet nostrud elitr diam ipsum amet. Et eirmod labore ea nulla et consetetur liber. Ipsum amet aliquam at sed hendrerit takimata amet dolore sea amet ea diam no dolores sed no eos sea. Et autem dolore accusam feugiat et. Sit magna gubergren stet kasd magna sanctus amet soluta amet suscipit justo sea nobis sadipscing et invidunt sit eirmod.
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Sample Output H3
Elit sed invidunt nulla labore erat eros amet lorem erat amet consequat. Ut duo sanctus kasd sanctus zzril vel feugait et luptatum elitr sadipscing et amet invidunt nonumy sit consetetur consetetur. Est sit rebum eirmod accusam quis et illum et. Sed amet et diam dolore ut amet gubergren at consetetur et sanctus gubergren. Exerci delenit elit sed dolore gubergren dolore tempor illum erat ipsum sit est.
Kasd dolore sit invidunt magna sit placerat et vel esse diam consetetur dolor justo amet tempor ea sed. Consetetur et et tempor eirmod nostrud. Sadipscing et dolor ut aliquyam delenit gubergren velit eu diam. Justo sed lorem accusam sadipscing lorem no dolor dolores no invidunt nisl vel sed. Aliquip sadipscing aliquyam consetetur consequat amet elitr velit erat at kasd dolor. Et commodo blandit invidunt odio ipsum facilisis stet ipsum invidunt.
Sample Output H4
Kasd dolores kasd invidunt eos feugiat gubergren sadipscing esse dolore duo diam nonumy dolore eros imperdiet ut sit quis. Ut amet elitr. In duo vel molestie nulla dolor lorem et erat no consectetuer invidunt adipiscing tempor et consetetur. Ipsum et voluptua sit no ea dolore diam labore nonumy consequat iriure. Labore kasd elitr doming at eos lorem voluptua dolore et sed lorem lorem. Ea sed ea et diam labore congue eleifend aliquyam dolores adipiscing gubergren duo sea ea nihil. Enim sadipscing euismod no dolore eum invidunt no eirmod consetetur sit. Quis congue velit kasd invidunt. Ea justo duo nulla voluptua accusam enim magna voluptua kasd sit sanctus in sed.
Amet dolore aliquip clita dolore eu. Clita sed nonumy dolor euismod sit velit dolore vero enim autem dolores diam facer eirmod luptatum et sea eum. Voluptua vel sed tempor nonumy eirmod clita lorem clita. Lorem ex dolores diam sanctus lorem invidunt tempor nonumy magna sea vel nonumy. Sadipscing et invidunt sit takimata sea autem gubergren magna amet dolor autem consectetuer odio. In justo et et et dolore aliquyam dolore lorem elit gubergren nulla nisl stet stet no consequat.
Sample Output H4
Consetetur enim vel. Dolor dolor et nonumy et et nonumy sadipscing sed. Diam et in voluptua diam sanctus et stet sed molestie nihil vero duis. Iusto dolor diam vero diam dolore kasd wisi gubergren aliquam qui feugiat et sadipscing ut. Ea dolor diam magna rebum est aliquam et clita tempor et magna. Kasd eirmod ut sadipscing sit duo volutpat tempor dolore invidunt quis. Facer ullamcorper ipsum lobortis dolore rebum iriure accusam euismod voluptua sanctus autem amet lorem dolores ea at est ipsum. Aliquyam sit amet vel magna laoreet erat tation takimata sea et lobortis magna vero et duo. Consetetur nonumy eos dignissim voluptua sit esse magna in.
Labore nam justo feugiat labore duo sadipscing amet ut velit facilisis takimata labore et. Duo diam dignissim ut elitr sea duo ad magna lorem autem in lorem lorem clita ex vero. Commodo sed justo nonumy sanctus magna stet dolore dolor clita. Consectetuer dolore in aliquip kasd eum et aliquyam vero ut invidunt dolores sadipscing eirmod aliquyam lorem at. Sit quod dolore ipsum magna dolor sadipscing nulla et labore amet accusam gubergren stet liber.
Sample Output H3
Dolores kasd elitr in magna nulla vero amet tation zzril sadipscing diam dolor tempor. Nonumy sadipscing dolor tempor duo elit magna invidunt lobortis magna sit dolore erat ipsum vero et. Nonummy nulla nonummy gubergren enim diam et erat id dolor dignissim erat. Et sed ut et eirmod duo clita dolor sit. Dolor vero nisl consequat et et voluptua sit. Eum stet nonummy sed nulla takimata in duo. Takimata vulputate eum ea amet nonumy sadipscing vero lorem dolor velit takimata consetetur sed. Erat duis invidunt ea dolore facer vel praesent sanctus. Sed accusam laoreet sit dolor diam elitr dolores dolore consetetur accusam et et no rebum cum sit ullamcorper nihil.
Labore volutpat dolor amet sit. Et dolor justo at sea diam. Est dolor tempor eos dolor magna clita. Iusto et nonumy amet commodo gubergren illum duis consetetur eos et amet voluptua diam ut at vel labore. Dolor amet praesent justo ipsum sadipscing accusam est clita amet vero ea sed at lorem veniam in dolor. Erat clita placerat sanctus consetetur ipsum eirmod accumsan cum sed labore hendrerit labore amet rebum amet tincidunt sanctus. Dolor invidunt no lorem facilisi dolor stet sea elitr dolore sanctus esse minim elitr duis. Amet consetetur in elitr dolores kasd justo duo dolore erat nulla invidunt esse feugiat aliquip ipsum ullamcorper sed vulputate.
Sample Output H4
Accusam et dolor eos. Sit eirmod ipsum sadipscing velit et lobortis vero et sit eum diam dolore. Et duis amet sed et esse est erat et sea sed vero tempor iriure et velit kasd. Ut takimata ea magna aliquip dolores te elitr stet lorem amet ut aliquip at dolor lobortis invidunt. Amet eos et nisl diam amet duo nonumy rebum stet augue diam.
Diam eum duis vero est sit sed sed duo. Labore nonumy ut justo laoreet ipsum nonummy praesent sea ut. Nam clita nihil et et rebum minim ipsum congue dolor clita sit. Amet lorem dolor odio et consequat facilisis labore lobortis. Duo duo consequat et eirmod clita amet clita. Luptatum justo enim. Ipsum diam sanctus stet kasd sea nonumy labore. Elitr lobortis eos invidunt diam vero ut eos sed nonumy dolor labore aliquyam et consequat amet dolores sed dolore. Sit ipsum eu sit est lorem magna consetetur consequat justo no ea. Et sed sit feugait consequat et voluptua sed iriure nibh vero zzril.
Sample Output H4
Sanctus lorem accusam diam gubergren sea dolore. Minim at autem minim no sadipscing no et. Magna tempor sit ipsum quis diam diam et justo. Sanctus nam et liber nulla. Nonummy vero accusam duis in quis takimata. Diam sed accusam rebum magna adipiscing duo justo. Invidunt eos at eleifend et ea invidunt magna takimata ea dolore exerci rebum vulputate in nulla nonumy facilisis duo. Sit ipsum gubergren aliquyam nonumy sit feugiat labore eros nonumy nam facer tempor amet ut et tempor voluptua at. Labore adipiscing elit sit velit magna blandit voluptua commodo dolores.
Dolore dolore voluptua eirmod stet option. Qui et justo aliquyam duo eros eum euismod congue ut voluptua at. Lorem facilisi ipsum dolore duo sed sea. Nobis no nobis diam dolor est sea nonumy lobortis ipsum ipsum nam vel sanctus te et sadipscing magna. No tincidunt accusam vel erat velit aliquyam.
More Sample Output H2
Erat sanctus iusto minim sed est ipsum eum consequat. Iusto tempor sanctus stet. Nulla dolor eos ea. Stet stet diam nisl sed. Soluta adipiscing accumsan et esse dolores sed luptatum gubergren erat.
Ea kasd ipsum invidunt rebum kasd no dolore et tempor aliquyam diam diam luptatum ipsum ea. Nibh accusam et sit dolore dolor velit. Ea at est amet ipsum kasd elit. Erat eros laoreet sit iriure vero at consetetur sit voluptua lorem dolor diam consetetur eirmod sit diam et. Tation eos lobortis lorem. Eos aliquip eu vero diam tempor eu voluptua. Kasd eu at eros justo labore dolor vel te. Esse et eirmod eirmod eirmod ipsum ipsum duo illum.
Sample Output H3
Eros et molestie rebum eu consetetur at sit takimata no diam eos labore vel autem stet diam no invidunt. Eros nostrud clita eirmod tempor gubergren rebum sed facer invidunt justo. Ipsum doming ut. Accusam kasd lobortis nonumy sed nulla esse amet sea commodo eirmod dolore eros velit at sadipscing ipsum duis et. Stet duo exerci ut delenit sit at lorem nonumy erat quod vero sit in gubergren et invidunt sit.
Vero dolor et iusto lorem sed justo amet diam dolore sit dolor lorem tempor consetetur lorem ut. Sed dolore ipsum. Consetetur duis est magna sit vero. Gubergren justo dolor vero dolores at sit eirmod lorem et odio diam tincidunt at clita nonumy. No ipsum consetetur takimata aliquyam sadipscing liber sed sed. Ipsum blandit dolores feugait gubergren adipiscing iusto dolores hendrerit ipsum sed ipsum clita at ea. Ipsum magna est sadipscing et magna sit eirmod et et clita est aliquyam dolor enim. Nonumy amet feugiat in eirmod elitr.
Sample Output H4
Accusam iriure volutpat et facilisis gubergren dolore luptatum iriure illum kasd. Ipsum justo eirmod accusam. Ut in eirmod blandit et tempor dolore nisl clita gubergren sit sit duis sadipscing diam clita. Accusam consetetur nonumy accusam tempor clita invidunt magna. Ad molestie eu delenit lorem elit ullamcorper stet ex lorem vero sit sanctus suscipit. Diam commodo sit nonumy qui amet iriure lorem in stet. Sadipscing tation dolor ipsum et dolor et ea eum minim accusam magna. Ea sanctus voluptua tation tempor sanctus vero. Vel vulputate sed dolor consetetur sit veniam dolore et magna consetetur ea eirmod. Lorem sed odio duis lorem mazim accusam et.
Est stet vero dolore. Labore et eirmod consectetuer sit no. Dolor sit et sanctus. Amet et esse at clita. Stet sanctus labore dolor.
Sample Output H4
Et consetetur tempor et et. Ipsum et aliquyam wisi tempor ipsum consetetur praesent. At rebum et et rebum consequat diam. Vero takimata sed no sit kasd voluptua ut et iriure consequat ut sanctus laoreet et lorem ipsum labore labore. Labore ut eirmod et minim stet ut. Adipiscing sed aliquyam takimata ullamcorper vero elitr nulla gubergren exerci ut kasd lorem nonummy lorem. Et dolor enim takimata consetetur vero amet eu minim.
Kasd et nonumy veniam amet eros dolores justo est dolor diam kasd magna nibh dolore nonumy. Amet vero exerci nonumy adipiscing. Dolor kasd enim sit et exerci. Amet consetetur possim esse ex sea ea sadipscing consequat. Stet sed elit gubergren sadipscing sed ipsum sit ex duo tempor nonumy aliquyam justo dolor aliquyam.
Sample Output H3
Tempor tempor magna vel ea laoreet consequat. Hendrerit diam erat lorem eos dolor dolor sanctus vero eu dolor eos sadipscing accusam. Lorem elit ipsum. Hendrerit tincidunt sit laoreet volutpat justo eos et dolores tempor ut eros clita stet dolor qui gubergren et. Rebum facilisi dolore eirmod ipsum lorem et ea duo et eros magna dolor gubergren. Sea lorem nonumy consectetuer nonummy labore sit diam magna duo ipsum diam. Te amet sit duo dolores et sed exerci. Sed dolor kasd amet tempor aliquam et nulla sanctus dolore. Dignissim sanctus consetetur magna iriure magna clita stet dolores ut kasd. At eos diam vero ea eos ipsum eleifend labore dolores duo nihil et no diam zzril.
Lobortis amet accusam hendrerit ea qui dolor nonumy. Sed sea stet elitr eirmod no at dolor nonumy rebum duis dolor amet diam. Diam ipsum takimata delenit quis labore lorem vel blandit aliquam stet accusam voluptua eleifend dolores lobortis. Te consequat clita quod odio in. Molestie eum eos et dolor stet et et duo est. Clita erat aliquam erat. Rebum amet ad et voluptua nonumy dolor qui eos tincidunt gubergren amet stet takimata hendrerit voluptua.
Sample Output H4
Voluptua facilisis gubergren dolor. Aliquip commodo diam dolor ex vulputate accusam eos dolores aliquyam clita sea eos sadipscing. Ex delenit consetetur odio dolor. Lorem accusam qui kasd ipsum labore justo. Dolore sit sit ea dolore sea elitr consequat molestie et erat dolor. In et sit amet consetetur dolore accusam sadipscing dolor labore takimata. Esse nobis sed possim at ipsum ut dolor ipsum diam veniam et elitr lorem justo enim dolore voluptua mazim. Doming nonumy amet dolor blandit dolore tempor invidunt duis. Consequat amet sadipscing ea rebum et rebum dolore magna duo elitr adipiscing luptatum et eos magna sea. Et voluptua gubergren clita.
Vero et diam voluptua et quis wisi. Vero eros sanctus lorem diam sea tempor sadipscing option adipiscing delenit tincidunt. Gubergren laoreet eos imperdiet molestie ipsum elitr dolor ut ut stet nonumy sed no. Invidunt nam sit praesent. Eirmod amet at ea at lorem minim sea accusam sit tation. Consequat amet augue gubergren gubergren aliquyam sit at. Nobis assum sanctus dolor sed lorem sit elitr sea. Et stet est. Illum ipsum nibh accusam duis eos ut adipiscing suscipit no dolor diam kasd. Justo dolor in amet sed.
Sample Output H4
Lorem dolor erat ipsum lorem erat sit eos dolor eirmod elitr eu est erat. Vulputate diam soluta ipsum in accusam aliquyam feugiat stet eos eirmod sanctus. Diam invidunt nonummy eos sanctus diam consetetur sit est et consetetur tempor blandit et diam accusam. Tempor sanctus et nam clita dolore kasd eirmod feugiat. At dignissim labore at dolores eos sit sadipscing dolores euismod et tation ea ut.
Lorem et autem justo. Nostrud tation ut tempor ea diam. Consetetur ipsum et labore eum velit justo no hendrerit. Sed nisl voluptua sanctus vero sanctus consetetur. Sed magna accusam diam. Esse dolore feugait minim dolores amet at ullamcorper et. Nibh ipsum stet minim ut ea voluptua et. Rebum sed nonummy sed feugiat consequat ut et diam iriure tincidunt elitr dolore duo consetetur imperdiet elitr eirmod amet. Magna eros elitr et ut dolore.